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Pablo Picasso dedicating "Pour Sabartés" (post mortem). Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie, Mougins 1969. - Photo by Edward Quinn

Pablo Picasso dedicating "Pour Sabartés" (post mortem). Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie, Mougins 1969.

At his Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie home in Mougins, 1969, a close-up captures Pablo Picasso’s hands creating the post-mortem dedication "Pour Sabartés." His upper hand, emerging from the ribbed cuff of a thick sweater, sketches an abstract spiral. His lower hand, adorned with a ring, rests on the table beside the pad, where a figurative line drawing is also visible. The photograph's soft focus and noticeable film grain lend the image an intimate quality.

Artworks:

  • "Vieux marin et jeune prostituée méprisante" or "Vieux marin bedonnant à la pipe, Suite 347 L261 (II), 1968. Bloch.II:1741; Geiser/Baer:1758.Bb1

    • Abbreviations: see Bibliography

Keywords:

AtWork, Dedication, Signature

Filename:

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Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com
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